BNY Mellon Wealth Management has hired Karen Manning as vice president and portfolio manager for the firm's Cleveland office. Since August 2009, the wealth manager has gained momentum, adding key hires in business development, portfolio management and banking in key U.S. locations. Manning will report to William Caster, Regional President of BNY Mellon Wealth Management's Ohio region.

"Talent is one of the most important aspects of our ability to outperform for our clients, who increasingly turn to BNY Mellon Wealth Management for a range of services and solutions to meet their current and future goals," Caster said. "Karen is a welcome addition to the team and a good reflection of the depth and skill we are adding around the country in support of our clients."

Manning has 15 years of experience, specializing in estate and trust administration, business succession planning and charitable giving. Before joining BNY Mellon, she was a vice president and client advisor with FirstMerit Bank, N.A., of Mentor, Ohio. From 1995 to 2004, she was a partner at Manning & Manning Co., LLC, where she specialized in estate planning, probate, employment and corporate law.

Manning received her juris doctorate from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in Cleveland, and has a bachelor's degree in communications from Boston College, from which she graduated cum laude. A resident of Willoughby, she was elected to City Council starting in 2004 and is serving her fourth term.  She is involved in her community, serving on the Breckenridge Village Retirement Community advisory board, St. Noel Catholic Church endowment board and the Lake County Community Improvement Corporation board.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management is among the nation's leading wealth managers, with more than two centuries of experience in providing investment management, wealth and estate planning, and private banking services to financially successful individuals and families, their family offices and business enterprises, charitable gift programs, and endowments and foundations. It is among the top 10 U.S. wealth managers with about $150 billion in private client assets and an extensive network of offices in the U.S. and internationally.

BNY Mellon is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 36 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has $21.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.0 trillion in assets under management, services $11.6 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global payments averaging $1.5 trillion per day. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.